Caroline Taylor to Headline Hurn Court Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

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Dorset-based arts charity Hurn Court Opera is set to present “La Traviata.” Caroline Taylor leads the cast as Violetta, with Sam Britner as Alfredo and Philip Kalmanovitch as Giorgio. The fully staged production features orchestra conducted by Lynton Atkinson and is sung in Italian with English surtitles. Joy Robinson directs a production that sets the work in 1930s Paris. “Setting {…}

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James and Kim Taylor Donate Income From Concerts to Tanglewood

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Following the sold out July 3 and July 4 concerts at Tanglewood, James Taylor and Caroline Taylor, have donated the proceeds from the two shows to help support the Festival. The Taylors were inspired to donate the proceeds from both shows this year by the celebration of America’s 250th birthday and this year’s performances marked Taylor’s 52nd year of concerts {…}

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Lauren Snouffer, Dashon Burton & Taylor Raven Among Headlines of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City 2026

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced its Summer for the City 2026 festival, running June 10 through August 8. Here is a look at the classical vocal and choral highlights. A Juneteenth celebration, “Oh Sankofa,” curated by Carl Hancock Rux, features choral performance alongside music, dance, and storytelling honoring Black American cultural traditions. Performance Date: June 19, 2026 {…}

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Kirsty Taylor-Stokes & Eleanor Dennis Headline Regents Opera’s Reimagined ‘Salome’

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(Photo by Alexis Dubus) The UK’s Regents Opera is set to return to York Hall in 2026 with a new staging of Richard Strauss’ “Salome.” The production will be conducted by Artistic Director Ben Woodward and directed by playwright and director Mark Ravenhill, who sets it in the historic East End boxing venue. “After the monumental scale of the Ring {…}

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Davóne Tines, Nicky Spence, Ella Taylor Headline ‘Classical Pride’ At Barbican Hall

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Barbican Hall will present “Classical Pride” on July 7, 2023. The event, which will be presented in partnership with ViiV Healthcare and GAY TIMES, will be curated by conductor Oliver Zeffman, who also conceived of the idea. The showcase will feature works by Bernstein, Poulenc, Julian Anderson, Caroline Shaw, and Tchaikovsky with such artists as Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Davóne Tines, {…}

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Renée Fleming, Caroline Shaw, Aundi Marie Moore Headline Fortas Chamber Music Concerts’ 2022-23 Season

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The Kenned Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Concerts has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Vocalist Caroline Shaw will join So Percussion for music by Angélica Negrón, Julia Wolfe, and Caroline Shaw. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2023 The Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, under Tito Muñoz, will perform alongside the EXIGENCE {…}

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Alkemie to Premiere Queer Chamber Opera ‘Eleanor’

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Alkemie will premiere “Eleanor,” a new queer chamber opera by ensemble core-member Niccolo Seligmann, at the New Stage Performance Space on the Upper West Side on April 24 and 25. The semi-staged work centers on Eleanor Rykener, a gender-nonconforming person arrested in London in 1394 while presenting as a woman. The title role will be created by non-binary soprano Elisse {…}

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Cumbria Opera Festival 2025: The Marriage of Figaro

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(Photo: Chris Tribble) In June of this year, OperaWire was fortunate enough to report and review the sterling efforts being made by the regional opera company New Sussex Opera in bringing the wonderful world of opera to the masses, performing glorious art away from the mainstream houses with their performance of a rarely sung opera, Saint-Saëns’s “The Silver Bell.”  This time, {…}

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Northern Aldborough Festival New Voices Singing Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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Soprano Rachel Munro and her pianist Jia Ning Ng have won the⁩ Northern Aldborough Festival 2025 New Voices Singing Competition. The top prize winners received £5,000 and a paid recital at next year’s Northern Aldborough Festival alongside recitals, also paid through a donation from the Yorkshire Music Future Fund, at Leeds Lieder and Harrogate International Festivals. The duo met at the {…}

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Caroline Taylor to Headline Hurn Court Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

James and Kim Taylor Donate Income From Concerts to Tanglewood

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Lauren Snouffer, Dashon Burton & Taylor Raven Among Headlines of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City 2026

Kirsty Taylor-Stokes & Eleanor Dennis Headline Regents Opera’s Reimagined ‘Salome’

Davóne Tines, Nicky Spence, Ella Taylor Headline ‘Classical Pride’ At Barbican Hall

Renée Fleming, Caroline Shaw, Aundi Marie Moore Headline Fortas Chamber Music Concerts’ 2022-23 Season

Alkemie to Premiere Queer Chamber Opera ‘Eleanor’

Cumbria Opera Festival 2025: The Marriage of Figaro

Northern Aldborough Festival New Voices Singing Competition Announces 2025 Winners